Surah Ghafir, Ayah 45 (40:45)

غَافِر

فَوَقَىٰهُ ٱللَّهُ سَئَِّاتِ مَا مَكَرُوا۟ ۖ وَحَاقَ بَِٔالِ فِرْعَوْنَ سُوٓءُ ٱلْعَذَابِ

Quran 40:45 is ayah 45 of Surah Ghafir (“The Forgiver”), a Meccan surah of 85 ayahs. It is in Juz 24, on page 472 of the Madani Mushaf.

40:45
فَوَقَىٰهُٱللَّهُسَئَِّاتِمَامَكَرُوا۟ ۖوَحَاقَبَِٔالِفِرْعَوْنَسُوٓءُٱلْعَذَابِ٤٥
fawaqāhu l-lahu sayyiāti mā makarū waḥāqa biāli fir'ʿawna sūu l-ʿadhābi

So Allāh protected him from the evils they plotted, and the people of Pharaoh were enveloped by the worst of punishment -(45)

Word by word

  1. فَوَقَىٰهُfawaqāhuSo Allah protected him
  2. ٱللَّهُl-lahuSo Allah protected him
  3. سَئَِّاتِsayyiāti(from the) evils
  4. مَاmāthat
  5. مَكَرُوا۟ ۖmakarūthey plotted
  6. وَحَاقَwaḥāqaand enveloped
  7. بَِٔالِbiāli(the) people
  8. فِرْعَوْنَfir'ʿawna(of) Firaun
  9. سُوٓءُsūu(the) worst
  10. ٱلْعَذَابِl-ʿadhābipunishment

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